Daicon Film's Return of Ultraman

Daicon Film's Return of Ultraman (DAICONFILM版 帰ってきたウルトラマン, DAICON FILM-ban Kaettekita Ultraman; lit. 'Daicon Film's version of Return of Ultraman')^[a] is a 1983 Japanese superhero kaiju parody fan film directed by Hideaki Anno.^[2] The film is a sequel to two previous Ultraman fan films produced by Anno; in the latter of those two, Ultraman leaves Earth, and this film's title refers to Ultraman's return after the events of the previous film.^[2]

Daicon Film's Return of Ultraman
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Directed by	Hideaki Anno
Written by	Toshio Okada
Based on	Return of Ultraman by Tsuburaya Productions
Produced by	Yasuhiro Takeda Takeshi Sawamura
Starring	Hideaki Anno Norio Tamura Yasuhiro Takeda
Cinematography	Takami Akai
Edited by	Takami Akai
Production company	Daicon Film
Distributed by	Tsuburaya Productions
Release date	July 1, 2022 (2022-07-01) (Shinjuku Wald 9)
Running time	28 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Cast

• Hideaki Anno as Ultraman (here, the character is referencing Ultraman Jack)^[1][3][4]
• Norio Tamura as Kiruan
• Yasuhiro Takeda as Captain Ibuki
• Joiichi Hayashi as Hayakawa
• Takeshi Sawamura as Ibuki
• Takashi Nyoten as Yamaga
• Nishigaki Toshihiko as Imamura
• Yuki Nishi as Nishi
• Norio Tamura as Kiruan
• Kifumi Seizumi as the narrator

Release

Hideaki Anno attended a screening of the film in Tokyo in 1983, where he met his future friend and collaborator Shinji Higuchi for the first time.^[5] They would later collaborate on Shin Ultraman with Anno returning to the title role.^[6] The film was screened at Shinjuku Wald 9 on July 1, 2022 to commemorate the theater's 15th anniversary and the success of Shin Ultraman.^[3] On November of the same year, an HD remaster of the film began streaming on Amazon Prime Video on Japan.^[7]

Notes

1. Also known as Return of Ultraman: MAT Arrow 1 Takeoff Order (帰ってきたウルトラマン マットアロー1号発進命令, Kaettekita Urutoraman Matto Arō 1-gō Hasshin Meirei).^[1]